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Imaginary friends

February 16, 2004

 

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Did I have imaginary friends? Did I ever... I was the only child of older parents who weren't much into getting down and playing with me. So I improvised. I had an alter ego named Mary Stackton, who was one of a family of seven children. I had names for all of them--one brother was an adopted Native American. Anything my family did, the Stacktons did, only they did it bigger and more flamboyantly. They had a family motor home which included a swimming pool. I drew all their adventures on any paper that was available, which included grocery bags cut so they'd lay flat.